Airbnb leans on reviews to make listings more reliable as it tests review summaries using GenAI

Airbnb leans on reviews to make listings more reliable as it tests review summaries using GenAI

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https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/08/airbnb-is-leaning-on-reviews-to-make-properties-more-reliable/

Airbnb has given hotels a run for their money with offerings that are often more flexible, sometimes cheaper, and more characterful than their traditional hospitality counterparts. One area where Airbnb has stumbled, however, is consistency: hotels are still considered to have better service and customers still regularly complain that Airbnb listings are not accurate.

Now, to try to bridge those gaps — and at the very least to better manage everyone’s expectations — today Airbnb is unveiling an overhaul of guest reviews. Alongside that, Airbnb is adding two more ways for hosts to help surface more nuance about their properties, by way of a new top-rated badge and tools to communicate more information about properties.

Airbnb leans on reviews to make listings more reliable as it tests review summaries using GenAI

Nov 8, 2023, 2:23pm UTC
https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/08/airbnb-is-leaning-on-reviews-to-make-properties-more-reliable/ > Airbnb has given hotels a run for their money with offerings that are often more flexible, sometimes cheaper, and more characterful than their traditional hospitality counterparts. One area where Airbnb has stumbled, however, is consistency: hotels are still considered to have better service and customers still regularly complain that Airbnb listings are not accurate. > Now, to try to bridge those gaps — and at the very least to better manage everyone’s expectations — today Airbnb is unveiling an overhaul of guest reviews. Alongside that, Airbnb is adding two more ways for hosts to help surface more nuance about their properties, by way of a new top-rated badge and tools to communicate more information about properties.